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He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say

He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. – Herman Melville

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Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden – what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked varlets would civilized men appear! – Herman Melville

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In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers. – Herman Melville

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Persistence is a strong will. Obstinance is a strong won – Anon.

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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing ones mind. – W. Somerset Maugham

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In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. – Simone de Beauvoir

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Obstinate people can be divded into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. – Aristotle

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The historian reports to us, not events themselves, but the impressions they have made on him. – Heinrich von Sybel

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